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   simo.runnel@gmail.com to All   
   Re: What is history?   
   03 Sep 17 23:59:44   
   
   esmaspäev, 4. september 2017 6:31.46 UTC+3 kirjutas Steve Hayes:   
   > On Sun, 3 Sep 2017 02:27:10 -0700 (PDT), simo.runnel@gmail.com wrote:   
   >    
   > >Is history only the past or is it all times?   
   > >I think, that it is all times, but mainly the past.   
   >    
   > History is only in the past.    
   >    
   > The present is a moving target -- the moment you think about something   
   > that is happening it is already past. And thinking about future events   
   > is not history but prediction.   
      
      
   There may be small differences in different languages. In Estonian language   
   'history' is 'ajalugu'. It consists of two words - 'aja', which means   
   'time's', and 'lugu', which means 'story'. One dictionary about Estonian   
   language says, that 'ajalugu' is    
   the process of society's and nature's development or the science about it.   
   German-Estonian dictionary says, that German word 'Geschichte' can mean   
   'history', but also 'story'. Some history books end with predictions.   
      
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